Things to do in Lorraine, Grand Est: The Best Art Museums

The Museum of Fine Arts The Museum of Fine Arts or le Musée de Beaux-Arts was created in 1793 and is housed in one of the striking 18th century buildings in Place Stanislas. The museum's walls are a witness to the architectural and urban development of Nancy. The restoration of 15th to 17th century fortifications in the basement of the museum has firmed its link between the old and new towns or indeed between the former Dukedom of Lorraine and modern Nancy. Development became necessary due to the increasing size of the collections. This led to an important extension in 1999 entailing a complete restructure of the museum in order to cater for young and adult visitors alike. The auditorium, temporary exhibition galleries, children's workshops, book shop and the Friends of the Museum Association all provide a large variety of cultural events for your benefit. Collections On display are works representing every European school of art, spanning a period from the 14th to the 21st century. The museum's impressive painting collections include a series of works by Pérugin, Tintoretto, Caravaggio, Rubens, Delacroix, Monet, Modigliani, Dufy, Picasso, etc.... You are also assured to see the creations of both contemporary French and foreign artists. Visitors must not forget to admire works by famous Lorraine painters Claude le Lorrain, Emile Friant, Victor Pouvé, Etienne Cournault, Jules Bastien Lepage ... The collection also features sculptures by Rodin, Maillol, Zadkine, César, Dietman ... The Print Room exhibits periodically works taken from its rich collection of sketches, prints and engravings by artists such as Callot and Grandville. Finally, an original scenographic presentation of the Daum crystal collection allows visitors to explore 100 years of Nancy's well-known glasswork's production.

The impressive building that is now the European Beer Museum was a food store in the 17th century and a malt house in the 19th. The museum collection consists of more than 53,000 exhibits that recreate the world of brewing. They include the basic ingredients, the history of beer, production techniques and beer-related arts, crafts and traditions. Designed for the enjoyment of young and old alike, the visit includes a children’s path (with games, interactive displays and sounds) and is suitable for all. All the media are available in four languages (French, English, Dutch and German). At the end of the visit, step into the museum’s tavern for a chance to taste the beer in a happily convivial ambiance and perhaps take some home with you

The Pierre Noël Museum, labeled "Musée de France" offers a vast exhibition space for its permanent collections. It also arouses curiosity through its seductive and original temporary exhibitions. From ancient collections to XXth century, the museum has something to delight its visitors. Archeology, Art and popular traditions, ornithology, military history, fine arts... The museum also exhibits the collection of Claire and Yvan Goll which presents some works of Dali, Miro, Chagall, Léger or Picasso.

Le Centre culturel Ipoustéguy est un lieu de rencontre artistique et culturel qui a pour vocation l'hébergement et la diffusion de tous les arts. Il abrite, en plus des expositions temporaires, d'une bibliothèque et d'un amphithéâtre, la galerie Ipoustéguy. Sous la lumière naturelle d'une verrière, venez admirer la plus grande collection d’œuvres (peinture et sculpture) de l'artiste Jean Robert, dit Ipoustéguy, artiste de renommée internationale.

The CAC - la synagogue de Delme is located in an old, oriental-style synagogue built in the late 19th century. Inaugurated in 1881, its design was modelled after Berlin’s New Synagogue, the architect taking his inspiration from this building, which had been inaugurated only a few years earlier.The first exhibition took place in 1993. In 2018 the Synagogue de Delme celebrated its 25th anniversary. The past two decades have witnessed a succession of artists of all stripes. Each of them has made a distinctive contribution to the identity and appeal of the place, both regionally and internationally. To name a few of them: François Morellet, Jean-Marc Bustamante, Roman Opalka, Daniel Buren, Tadashi Kawamata, Stéphane Calais, Ann Veronica Janssens, Delphine Coindet, PJeppe Hein, Marc-Camille Chaimowicz, or more recently Katinka Bock, Julien Prévieux, Gianni Motti, Yona Friedman, Edith Dekyndt, Eric Baudelaire, Jean-Luc Moulène, Shilpa Gupta...